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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 440th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 114 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering and applied physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering and applied physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering and applied physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Murray State is a medium-sized public school situated in Murray, Kentucky. It awarded 21 bachelors’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,390 for southeast region bachelor’s degree applied physics students per year to attend Murray State University.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Murray State

#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ATU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ATU is $10,772 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics students.

Read more about Engineering & Applied Physics at Arkansas Tech University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #3 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $34,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree applied physics students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Engineering & Applied Physics Report

#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #4 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $37,841 for southeast region bachelor’s degree applied physics students per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Tulane Engineering & Applied Physics Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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